Community Carbon Use Reduction @ Brown
Brown University has made a commitment to providing leadership in mitigating climate change through its program of carbon emissions reductions, both on campus and in the larger community in which it is located. To meet its community objectives Brown has launched the Community Carbon Use Reduction at Brown (CCURB) project which will help catalyze local carbon emissions reductions through an investment of financial resources and development of collaborations of community and civic groups with Brown students, faculty and staff on a diversity of activities. Projects that accomplish the dual goals of helping meet the needs of the greater Providence neighborhoods while reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be the focus of these off-campus projects.
Objectives
Each community-based project addresses the following goals:
- Provide vibrant opportunities for learning for all those involved
- Engage non-university groups in thinking about how to increase the sustainability of the greater Providence area and its neighborhoods in a way that is responsive to the needs of the community
- Lead to a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
Off the Ground
Project 20/20
- A student-faculty group that will install high-efficiency lighting in low-income Providence homes.
Project HeatSave
- A student group that will partner with a community organization to install programmable thermostats in Providence homes.
Pump It Up!
- A student group that will pump the tires of Providence drivers and spread awareness.
Partnership with Sophia Academy
- A student group that will partner with a middle school for low-middle income girls in Providence to design and implement carbon emission projects.
For more information see the CCURB website.